I was lucky enough to sork in gray iron foundry in the mid 70’s and work with guys like this who were around during the war. The stories they told of that time. Guys would come to work and not leave the plant for 3-4 days at a time. Ate there, slept there. Round the clock production. So many molds to pour that they stacked them up on the sidewalk in front of the plant and guys would run out with 50 lb ladles of iron and others would shake them out as soon as possible. One guy helped pour a crankshaft for the battleship Missouri. They dug the mold out of the ground and poured directly into it

Applied for a Foundry job a few days ago! Really hope I get it!

The safety folks at the mill I work at would be losing their fucking minds lol. Walking under the pot. Putting hands on it!! OSHA would not approve

@rogerfrost3793

3 жыл бұрын

The first thing I thought.

@ethanwest5612

2 жыл бұрын

Yup also agree I work at a foundry

@kingmiller1982

2 жыл бұрын

This is done in a 3rd world country obviously

@ondrejtyc7578

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingmiller1982 We were the second world country (Warsaw pact) and since 1999 we are the first world country (NATO member), but the safety standards are questionable at best :-D

@ASK-ko9qx

Жыл бұрын

@@kingmiller1982 so czech republic is third world ? Better look at your own sxxtholes cities full of homeless people on streets.

I worked for several years in a factory that made train wheels. Two furnaces, each producing 90 tons of molten steel, took turns to supply steel to the hydraulic presses of the forge. The steel was poured into huge ingots 10 feet high by 2 feet in diameter. Each casting produced a dozen ingots, which when cut into 5 blocks, produced the steel for +/- 60 train wheels, depending on their diameter and weight.

@olgathehandmaid

Жыл бұрын

This is a stupid question but could you tell me what something like that smells like? It's got to be unique. Also, when the metal cools, does it glow red?

@thepragmatic6383

Жыл бұрын

@@olgathehandmaid Sorry to disappoint you, but your question is absolutely not stupid. As for the smell, as I remember, the heat given off during the pouring was so intense that it seemed as if even the molecules giving off the smells were instantly burned. The smell that wafted through the factory was more hydraulic oil than any other smell. As the ingots were unmolded, they seemed to glow a red tinged with orange and yellow, like huge Star Wars lightsabers. They remained orange-red for a few hours (6-8 hours), while gradually darkening as they cooled. It was more during the machining of the wheels that the particular smell of steel could be felt, despite the continuous flow of cooling oils to cool the carbide cutting tools.

@olgathehandmaid

Жыл бұрын

@@thepragmatic6383 Thank you so much for your insight and description. It's men like you that keep the ceiling of the world standing, but I'm glad you're not working in those conditions anymore!

Just got a call from a foundry today, and got the job

I missed operating overhead cranes in a foundry. Pouring the “heat” takes a lot of skill. The guy operating the ladle is a seriousness I have not witnessed in a long time.

No way would I be standing as close to that bucket of molten steel as some of those workers are.

@ReiP95

Жыл бұрын

Dont worry... Ait paitfull at all

I don't understand why people on the ground stay close to the pocket... never trust the cables/machine...

And that folks is how you pour 2700-degree cast iron. A very professional pour at that.That's what you call, Hot Work.

5:00 is that hot souse being bottled for Chuck Norris??

Very good co-ordination

Standing WAAAY too close to that.

@scrubsrc4084

Жыл бұрын

You dont get to operate these things from across the room.

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

My ladle was honestly much smaller. The biggest was probably holding a little over 3000 pounds. It had a big wheel and we turned it by hand. You were almost always with 2-3 feet of 2500-2700 degree iron. Got burned up a lot. Working after getting sunburned was the worst!! lol

Wow! Look at that operation! That's massive...

I wanted to see the finished product.

that helmet surely will save them if the bucket falls on them, or the lava spills out to their head :D

Nice video of an iron (steel?) casting being poured. Thanks for sharing! I wouldn't want to be so near that hot metal ladle just in case a cable broke or a trunnion failed on the ladle itself.

@Noname-ir1tl

3 жыл бұрын

XD if that thing fails their all dead

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

I worked in a cast iron foundry in Ohio for 8 years. I’ve seen some crazy shit happen. Fortunately nobody ever died but we did have some guys get messed up bad. I’ve been next to 2000-2500 pounds of 2700 degree iron and the heat rolling off of it is unlike anything most people will ever be able to understand. The place I worked was a much smaller operation than this one. Our biggest casting was maybe 1500 pounds and our main ladle held just about 3000 pounds and I’m betting this was about 10 times that amount. Made me nervous just watching those guys!!

@EMMAY-wq4un

6 ай бұрын

it is ok, because all the cable is anti-high temperature cable, and the design for the casting crane is if one of the cable broken, the others can lift the ladle for one working cycle. it must be like that.

Use to do this mid 2000s Started pur pouring sand on molds and throwing ferris powder Set up for heat Never had the confidence to run the crane

How is the ladle actually poured? Does somebody pull a lever, is a button pushed somewhere, is it done by computer, or?

My left ear enjoyed this

Sparklers!!

Someone just tripped and fell halfway into one at Caterpillar inc. What a horrible way to go.

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if it’s the same guy but I heard he was on the job 9 days. I’ve seen shit go south fast but what was someone with no experience doing in a position that dangerous!! He was getting iron to test I heard. We tested our as it hit the main ladle with a 4 foot handle on the cup!!

@urbaninsomnia5851

Жыл бұрын

@@bbkyjohnson only 9 days on the job. Dang, that's so sad. Thank God it only took a second to "transition" and he most likely didn't feel anything. I seriously doubt, the brain is aware of what's happening with your physical body in that moment. Just a horrible tragedy.

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know about feeling nothing? Up until contact with that much metal I’d imagine the sensation of burning is extremely intense. Get a sunburn and stand in front of your oven at about 400 degrees. That temperature isn’t even close to what we dealt with.

It's a wonder steel is as cheap as she be. They have to let the cauldrons cool. Furnace as well. It's an actual job hand cleaning cauldrons and furnace weight!

Yes, it is very hard work for bridge crane in steel milling, the casting crane quality is very importation, it related to the safety of the worker and the whole production line, so I hope you will choose high quality crane from professional facotry.

When your work is so hot that you have to wear multiple ayers of clothes to keep the heat off of you

@adventureguy4119

3 жыл бұрын

Worked as firefighter for a time Even with the clothes you still Get burned sucks

@timothyroatenberry1274

2 жыл бұрын

People would look at me like I was crazy working in the steel mill , 90 degrees with long johns on under your uniform ! Your clothes would burn you if you didn't !

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

I hated wearing the green jackets. Our place was pretty lax on safety. T-shirt and jeans with the leather leggings and slip on steel toed boots. Don’t make the mistake of wearing a shirt with a plastic design it would feel like it’s melting to your chest!! lol

Why they put so much weight?

Do they have to stand that close

How many degrees Fahrenheit is that hot molten iron?

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

Ours ranged between 2400 way to cold and 2750 way to hot!!

@bulgingbattery2050

Жыл бұрын

@@bbkyjohnson Ooooohh! That's some hot stuff!

I always thought I worked at a fucked unsafe steel plant, somewhere in third world, but now I've changed my mind...

We pour iron castings, this hanging ladel takes the anxiety and risk to another level! Ours is piece of cake compared to this!

škoda toho všeho umírám když to vidím a nemužu pokrAČOVAT

They are very careless about safety...

Mantap

no money could pay me to be standing near that crap

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

Right out of high school I was paid $6.77 an hour July of 92 when I left in December 00 I was at $9.25 an hour. Honestly a much smaller operation but it was ridiculously hard and insanely dangerous!! We had some dudes get hurt pretty bad on occasion. Fortunately the two worst accidents happened before my time in the foundry.

I pour liquid metal for aluminum castings. My job is easy compared to this. The anxiety I would have doing this job is unreal lol.

@CH47Flyingtwinkie

2 жыл бұрын

Your thebtuy I get to thank for manking my aircraft parts probably! Be safe out there.

@scrubsrc4084

Жыл бұрын

I'm the other way round. Iron bounces, ally sticks.

@JonMurray

Жыл бұрын

You’re still pouring metal so hot that it’s a liquid dude! Haha!

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Reminds me of 9/11

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